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Robot Entertainment Announces Release Date for Orcs Must Die!

It's a hard knocks life for Orcs, and things won't get any easier for green skins when Robot Entertainment launches its new title, Orcs Must Die! The studio announced today that the indie action-strategy game will launch for Windows PCs and Xbox 360 on October 5.

In Orcs Must Die! your fortress is under siege, and players must use a wide variety of traps and weapons to stem the Orc tide. Get a good look at the action that awaits in the trailer below:

"The slaying hour is nigh upon us," Robot's CEO Patrick Hudson said in a statement. "We can no longer restrain the
enemy at the gate. We will soon turn the rift defense over to Xbox and PC gamers to beat back the mob and save the
Order!"

The rundown of features in Orcs Must Die!:

-- Play as the War Mage and defend 24 fortresses from an enraged mob of orcs and 11 other villainous monsters.
-- Choose from a selection of 6 weapons and magic spells and 17 traps that hack, launch, flatten, gibletize, and
incinerate your enemies.
-- Upgrade your traps, spells and weapons to cater the game to your personal play style.
-- Cleverly combine traps and spells for higher scores on the leaderboards.
-- Expertly wield your wits and your weapons through the story-driven campaign and unlock a brutal Nightmare
campaign.
-- Replay fortresses endlessly, combining different defenses and tactics every time.

Robot Entertainment did not announce pricing for Orcs Must Die!

Spy Guy says: Tower defense meets third-person shooter. It's becoming a popular sub-genre, and it looks like fun in Orcs Must Die. If this one is priced right, we could have a new indie darling on our hands.